Dockwra History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Dockwra family

Early History of the Dockwra family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dockwra research. Another 111 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1527, 1560, 1568, 1584, 1620, 1623, 1631, 1635, 1680 and 1716 are included under the topic Early Dockwra History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Dockwra Spelling Variations

The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore, spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Dockwra has been recorded under many different variations, including Dockwra, Dockwray, Dockray, Dockeray, Dockery, Dockree, Docwra, Dockreay and many more.

Early Notables of the Dockwra family

Notable amongst the family name during their early history was

• William Dockwra or Dockwray (c. 1635-1716), was an English merchant who co-founded the first Penny Post in London in 1680. 2
• Sir Henry Docwra (1560?-1631), also spelt "Dowkra, Dockwra, Dockwraye, Dockquerye, and by Irish writers Docura, general, afterwards Baron Docwra of Culmore, was born in Yorkshire about 1568 of a famil...

Migration of the Dockwra family

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Dockwra or a variant listed above: settlers, who arrived along the eastern seaboard, from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands.